The Babington Plot


Antony Babington (1561-1586) supporter of Mary Queen of Scots and leader of a Catholic plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary on the throne. Behind him in St Giles's Field in London people are being hanged and dismembered. From A Thankful Rembrance of Gods Mercie - Babington with his complices in St Gile's field, by George Garleton, published 1630.